Category - Software/Internet
Topic - Second Life Online Video Game (Part 2)
Issue - Creating your avatar and navigating it throughout the avatar world
Tiptoid -
After downloading Second Life at www.secondlife.com (see Tech Tip “Second Life Online Video Game Part 1”), and making new accounts, I went back to our school librarian to find out how to create our avatar so that I could navigate throughout Second Life's online avatar world.
We found out that there are many things we can do to create our own unique avatars, and, there are ways to communicate online with other avatars! We think you'll enjoy Second Life once you learn how to fully use it! Here are some basics.
• Log into Second Life on the download link on your computer. Wait for your avatar page to fully load.
• Right click on your starter avatar. When you see the word appearance, click on it.
• The next steps to designing your avatar have to do with these three categories: hair, body shape, and clothes. In these categories, there are very specific ways to form your avatar. Think creatively as you build your perfect avatar!
• There are icons on the bottom of the page, indicating what you can make your avatar do, or how you can make it interact with other avatars. For example, flying is an option for your avatar. You can also check to see if your avatar has friends. Check out your options by clicking on all the icons.
• Some basics for navigating your avatar are -
The avatar is not limited to the clothes and other articles provided by the game. There is the option to pay for different costumes.
Second Life is a really fun online game. I love it, and I hope I have inspired you to play it, too!
Glossary -
Avatar - a graphical image of a person
Navigate - to plot and control the course of something
Find Out More - www.secondlife.com
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Submitted by - Nia Wardlaw
Site Managers - Chris Bednar, Chanel Franklin, Erin Gallagher
April 2007